March Tips: Swim Clinics, Sunshine & Sustainability

March Tips: Swim Clinics, Sunshine & Sustainability

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, I mean, does anyone else feel like they need to call this hotline right now? I certainly could use a positive pep talk from a kindergartener! With so many different domestic and international crises happening at once, my...
Together Triage: The Case for a Sloppy List

Together Triage: The Case for a Sloppy List

Much like everyone else on the East Coast, the first week “back” from school in January, was a bit. . . messy, shall we say? Whether you are figuring out school transportation, teacher coverages, quarantines or snow days, it seems harder than ever to be Together. Or...
February Tips: Snow Days, Sisters & Slack!

February Tips: Snow Days, Sisters & Slack!

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, January was like a century long. But all tropes aside, is it really possible that I de-decked the house  just a month ago? Between the gazillion snow days here in the DC area, daytime and evening Together courses, and general...
An Invention: Perfect Pouches

An Invention: Perfect Pouches

Among other things, during my 18+ days of quarantine and isolation in December, I got a little tiny bit stir-crazy. I generally kept myself together using this chart for the week. I was mostly feeling fine, if not a bit fatigued, and it was the holiday vacation. My...
Maia’s Mailbag: Slack. . . love, hate, or somewhere in between?

Maia’s Mailbag: Slack. . . love, hate, or somewhere in between?

My longtime friend Sorby Grant, Chief Program Officer at the Center for Resilience in New Orleans, reached out recently with some light anguish around her team’s use of Slack. It’s a challenge I’m sure many folks can relate to, so I thought I’d post my response to the...